I found this beauty at a garage sale just down the street from my place. Not too shabby for twelve bucks. 9/88 build date. First stove purchase in quite some time. Also, my first photo upload since the change umpteen years ago.
This is one of my all time favorites. They simmer better than anything else IMO. The large fount carries enough fuel for a whole weekend. A tad heavy but its virtues outweigh the negatives. Great find for $12.
A great stove, I picked one up last summer for $40 with the plastic case too, so you did great at $12. Burns real hot and simmers very well.
I picked up 3 of 508's a couple of years ago at yard sales.....Two of them had the storage cases. All 3 were in great shape and only $5 each. Haven't seen another since.
This was the first 508 I'd ever seen in the wild. When I first saw it I was thinking "What an odd looking 502".
All you need for your 500 collection are: 500 - Speedmaster single burner 501A - Coleman's other bomb 505 - Pocket II 505B - later version Pocket 508A - No simmer valve 520 - M1941 - first military single burner 521 - Military single 520 burner 522 - Military single 10,000 btu burner 523 - Military 2-burner with 520 burners 524 - Military up to four 10,000 btu burners 525 - Military 2-burner with 10,000 btu burners 527 - Military sterilizer, smallest single roarer burner 536 - M1950 - Military single burner 550(A) - multi-fuel with extra kero generator 550B - multi-fuel with extra kero generator, silver and gold tank 576 - very similar to 505 533 - latest item from Coleman, dual fuel sam
